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Juergen Boos: "Freedom of Speech is the Frankfurt Book Fair's DNA"

Interview with Juergen Boos |
Interviewed by Souradeep Roy
Produced by ICF team and Newsclick,
The director of the festival in conversation with Souradeep Roy

Juergen Boos, the CEO and Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, talks to Souradeep Roy from the Indian Writers' Forum, on self-censorship, translation, and the importance of literacy and books in a "post-truth" world. The discuss the rise of populist governments in different parts of the world and the threat it poses to writing and thinking. At such a juncture, our job becomes even more important, feels Boos.

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